Re: Fast or immediate shutdown

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fast or immediate shutdown
Date: 2009-12-16 15:04:32
Message-ID: 1260975872.13654.1.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com
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On tis, 2009-12-15 at 17:19 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> running with log_checkpoints = on
>
> pg_ctl -D foo -m fast stop
>
> log says
>
> LOG: received fast shutdown request
> LOG: aborting any active transactions
> LOG: shutting down
> LOG: restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
>
> Some of us know that the "immediate" word refers to the restartpoint
> request, though that word causes conceptual conflict with the shutdown
> mode, which was fast, not immediate.
>
> Think we need to change the wording of this
>
> LOG: restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
>
> so it is clearer what we mean

We *do* we mean? And why are we logging it?

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